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Monday, September 5, 2011

Hate it with the fire of a thousand suns!

So why blog? I don’t really care much for ‘putting myself out there’ to be honest with you. And lord knows I have enough on my plate; that’s for sure. The answer is because I hate epilepsy. Hate it with the fire of a thousand suns (that’s Shakespeare’s in case you require citations). I have nothing nice to say about this awful illness. It is the devil. But hating something is a slippery slope. Once you let hate in, it can spread like a cancer. And before you know it, it’s taken root and made you bitter and miserable. So I feel like I have to work especially hard to not let epilepsy and hate win. I can’t just stop hating epilepsy. Hate it. But I can focus on the positive things in our lives. Like Savannah’s smile. You might say to yourself, but Savannah, you, and your family are who you are because of epilepsy. And I would counter with no; we are this way despite epilepsy. It’s a choice. Our choice. Hence the blog. This is my way of focusing on the positive in our lives and trying to laugh a little in the process. Savannah smiles despite epilepsy. And so will I.

Epilepsy is a neurological disorder marked by sudden recurrent episodes of sensory disturbance, loss of consciousness, or convulsions, associated with abnormal electrical activity in the brain. My son suffered from this disease for two years. He was constantly having Uncontrollable jerking movements of the arms and legs, Temporary confusion, Loss of consciousness and awareness. He was taking Acetazolamide Diamox 250 mgs bd, 1000mgs daily in divided doses. Carbamazepine (CBZ) Tegretol Regular 100‐200 mgs 1‐2 times daily. Clobazam (CBZ) Frisium 5‐10 mgs daily. Diazepam Valium (DZP) 5‐10mgs daily. Ethosuximide Zarontin (ETH) 250 mgs every 1/52, 2000 mgs daily. But despite taking all this medications, his condition was not still getting better. I and my wife became very worried as my son’s condition was becoming inimical by the day. So this prompted me to start a research online where I stumbled into an article in it I saw so many people talking about herbal doctor Uwadia Amenifo, how they have all positively benefited from his herbal cure. I took solace in their applaud to him and in their write up came the contact details of the herbal doctor. I copied out his contact details, and immediately I put a call across to him, and after explaining my son’s condition to him he gave me hope by saying he have cured so many people of epilepsy and that curing my son for him is as easy as him slashing his fingers. So I was very encouraged and I gave him a YES to go ahead. After all set have be done he prepared the herbs, and shipped it to me. We succinctly followed his instructions on the usage of his herbal product, and behold just as we never anticipate, his herbs worked perfectly well, and cured my son of his epilepsy. This gave me joy and I see reasons to share on this page with all those who, and or have people who is still suffering from epilepsy to in my abrupt recommendation contact Dr Uwadia Amenifo for their immediate cure. Below is a book of his contact details.Name: Doctor Uwadia AmenifoEmail: doctoruwadiaamenifo@gmail.comPhone Number: +2349052015874.

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About Me

I answer to lots of things but 'Mommy' is my favorite. Savannah's my daughter, my muse, and my sunshine. She teaches me everyday to smile, laugh, and love with total abandon. For her, for my family, and for the future Savannahs out there who will develop intractable epilepsy, I have dedicated my life to epilepsy research. We must find a cure. I love you Savannah.

Savannah's Story

As a toddler, Savannah was happy, silly, strong-willed, and full of love. She developed normal until the age of 2 years when she had her first seizure. She had a few seizures and then went 6 months without having any.But at age 3, the seizures came back and with a vengeance.To this day we have no idea why she started having seizures and nothing has worked to control them.

Savannah is now 18 and has had over 25,000 seizures.Epilepsy moved into our lives uninvited, unannounced, and continually attacks that which is most precious to us – our child.But we refuse to wallow.We’ve somehow managed to survive.Somehow I managed to finish school and get a PhD in Neurobiology.Combined with the PhD I’m pretty sure I have in Epilepsy, I somehow manage to do epilepsy research at a great University.We must find a cure for this horror.And we must hurry.

Today, Savannah is still happy, silly, strong-willed, and full of love.She smiles, despite her epilepsy, and teaches others to smile too.This blog is to remind us to never lose hope, never give up, and never let epilepsy take our smile.